Boracay has always held a special place in our hearts. For Jan and me, it’s already our third time visiting this little slice of paradise. But this time it's different. We brought the family along.  We flew in early July, right as the habagat season was starting. True enough, it start…

You know what I miss right now? It's waking up early in the morning, then enjoying some freshly-baked pandesal dipped in hot coffee while having a little chit-chat with the family... at the beach. For almost a week, that's how our mornings were spent during our vacation a few mon…

If there is one positive influence I have on Jan, it has got to be this. This is his second time to summit the Philippines' highest mountain. His first climb without me (yep, partially bummed because I couldn't go) and probably his worst hiking experience by far—with plans almost…

For the first time in 486 years, we were finally able to do something fun outside our house. We took a breather at Dusit Thani Lubi Plantation Resort —probably the most expensive and most magastos one-night getaway we ever had. But it's definitely worth it (and bitin ). We went there…

It's weekend and I still have a lot of incomplete tasks needed to be done at work but I'm still having a hangover from the holidays and I can hardly function. So before I totally ditch blogging about our year-end trip (like what I did to the other trips), I'll throw in a few s…